I don't get it either.
I don't know if it's a generational thing or not, or if people always felt like this, but now it's more readily and easily broadcast.
All my friends, who will be no more affected by this than a Hillary win, are shitting the bed and freaking out on facebook.
I'm guessing that, back in the day, this would be internal. Then after a sleep and a few days of noticing nothing changing, they go to work and it's just not at the top of the mind anymore.
But because they can instantly communicate their immediate thoughts and feelings to everyone, we get raw, unfiltered OPINION.
Then the echo chamber effect. Their facebook feeds are flooded with professional media shill pieces, they repost, they opine, their friends see that and opine HARDER, so they begin a game of over sharing hysteria.
I mean, personally, either/or doesn't make THAT much of a difference to me. Sure, for an American it's a bit more, but even then, not to the extent they're acting like. This isn't 9/11 or even the crash of '08.
Also, I see people posting things like;
>HE'S GOT THE LAUNCH CODES!
Which makes me wonder if it's just that people are incredibly ignorant and their reality is informed by TV shows and video games.
It was the same thing with Brexit, which was a much more momentous decision, but even then, my god, the hyperbole and overreaction.